18 Suggested readings
Writing papers
Keith Head. n.d. “The introduction formula”. http://blogs.ubc.ca/khead/research/research-advice/formula
Marc F. Bellemare. 2018. “Between the introduction and the conclusion: the ‘middle bits’ formula for applied papers”. http://marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/12797
Marc F. Bellemare. 2016. “The conclusion formula”. http://marcfbellemare.com/wordpress/12060
Academy of Sociology. 2020. “Checklist for quantitative social science articles”.
Gary King. 2006. “Publication, publication”. PS: Political Science & Politics 39(1): 119-125
Brett Mensh and Konrad Kording. 2017. “Ten simple rules for structuring papers”. PLoS Computational Biology 13(9): e1005619
L.J. Zigerell. 2013. “Rookie mistakes: Preemptive comments on graduate student empirical research manuscripts”. PS: Political Science & Politics 46(1): 142-146
Presentations and data visualization
Jonathan P. Kastellec and Eduardo L. Leoni. 2007. “Using graphs instead of tables in political science”. Perspectives on Politics 5(4): 755-771
Christopher J. Lortie. 2017. “Ten simple rules for short and swift presentations”. PLoS Computational Biology 13: e1005373
Nicolas P. Rougier, Michael Droettboom, and Philip E. Bourne. 2014. “Ten simple rules for better figures”. PLoS Computational Biology 10: e1003833
L.J. Zigerell. 2022. “Introducing political science students to data visualization strategies”. Journal of Political Science Education 1-15.
Statistics
Robert J. Casson and Lachlan DM Farmer. 2014. “Understanding and checking the assumptions of linear regression: A primer for medical researchers”. Clinical & Experimental Ophthalmology 42(6): 590-596
Geoff Cumming. 2014. “The new statistics: Why and how”. Psychological Science 25(1): 7-29
Dustin Fife. 2020. “The eight steps of data analysis: A graphical framework to promote sound statistical analysis”. Perspectives on Psychological Science 15(4): 1054-1075.
Carina Mood. 2010. “Logistic regression: Why we cannot do what we think we can do, and what we can do about it”. European Sociological Review 26(1): 67-82.
Uri Simonsohn. 2021. “Hyping Fisher: The most cited 2019 QJE paper relied on an outdated STATA default to conclude regression p-values are inadequate”. Data Colada. Oct 13
Ronald L. Wasserstein and Nicole A. Lazar. 2016. “The ASA statement on p-values: Context, process, and purpose”. The American Statistician 70(2): 129-133
Anna C. Wysocki, Katherine M. Lawson, and Mijke Rhemtulla. 2022. “Statistical control requires causal justification”. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 5(2): 1-19.